US claims Islamic State member behind Kabul airport blast likely killed in airstrike

The United States military struck back at the Islamic State on Saturday, bombing an IS member in Afghanistan less than 48 hours after a devastating suicide bombing claimed by the group.

Days after incidents of suicide bombing rocked the evacuation process at the Kabul airport, the US military conducted a drone strike against an Islamic State member believed to be behind the attack. As many as 169 Afghans and 13 American service members were killed in the suicide bomb blasts at the Kabul airport.